All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday reiterated his plan to make Southeast industrial and manufacturing hubs if elected in next month’s election. He also promised to create two seaports in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, to boost industrialisation, thereby creating jobs for youths. The APC standard bearer spoke on his plans for the …

The Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party is being rocked by crisis with the women’s wing in crisis. Only on Tuesday, the state chairman of the party, Mr Kayode Salako quit his position but said later that that was to enable him focus on the House of Representatives election, which he is contesting in Oshodi/Isolo constituency 1. Sources close …

The Independent Campaign Council (ICC) working for election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the re-election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in Lagos State has launched a data driven campaign strategy to ensure the success of the party in the state. The support group said it would leave no stone unturned in galvanising and …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that 93,469,008 Nigerians registered to vote in this year’s general elections. At a meeting with political parties at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday, INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu said that Lagos has the highest number of registered voters with 7,060,195, while Kano State followed with 5,921,370, and Kaduna State 4,335,208. …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Damaturu, Yobe State said that he is an orphan and does not know his father, but was enlisted in the Nigerian Army because he went to school. President Buhari also urged eligible voters in the state and the northeastern part of the country to ensure that his party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is …

A pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has insisted that the general elections must not be altered and that nothing should be done to change the dates. Afenifere’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Jare Ajayi said: “Every effort must be made to ensure that the general elections slated for February and March this year not only hold successfully but also that winners emerge …

Senator Ishaku Abbo has been ousted as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Adamawa North senatorial zone by a Yola High Court presided over by Justice Mohammed Danladi. The court on Tuesday dismissed him on the grounds that his ward in Adamawa’s Mubi North Local Government Area had kicked him out of the party. Justice Danladi held that …

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has reeled out his achievements as Senator representing Delta Central district. At campaign rallies at Imode and Oviri-Olomu, both in Ughelli South Local Government Area (LGA); and Kiagbodo in Burutu LGA, Omo-Agege said that he has fulfilled his vow to bring development to every Urhobo …

The Delta State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has said that there would be a tsunami of defections from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC in the days ahead. He spoke at the ongoing APC ward-to-ward campaigns on Monday at Iyede-Ame and Ofagbe, both Isoko communities in Ndokwa East and Isoko …

As the 2023 general elections approach, former military administrator of Abia State, Air Vice Marshal Frank Ajobena (rtd.) has tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be more proactive in the security of its facilities and personnel, including the ad hoc staff comprising mainly serving National Youth Corps (NYSC) members. He also called on the electoral umpires to “be …